Mapsense, a 12-person, San Francisco-based company that’s been quietly producing map analytics tools for corporate customers, is today revealing that it has raised $2.1 million in funding led by General Catalyst Partners, with participation from Redpoint Ventures, Formation 8 and Amplify. LA. The announcement is interesting for a few reasons, starting with what Mapsense is […]
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Richard Wolpert’s Big Idea: Tech Support for Your Parents
“I’m no spring chicken,” says Richard Wolpert. “But I’ve been at this for 30 years and I have a lot of great experience under my belt.” Wolpert — who sold companies to Adobe and RealNetworks and launched Disney’s earliest online businesses before joining Accel Partners as a venture partner and cofounding Amplify.la — is explaining […]
StrictlyVC: September 24, 2014
Good Wednesday morning, everyone! Web visitors, here’s an easy-t0-read version of today’s email. —– Top News in the A.M. The FCC wants to police your Internet provider. But, erm, so does the FTC. This is getting awkward, reports the Washington Post. They say you can never be too thin. Not true. —- Amplify.LA Turns the […]
Amplify.LA Turns the Accelerator Model Inside Out (Completely)
Since Y Combinator first swung open its doors nine years ago, hundreds of accelerator programs have sprung into existence, almost all modeled in similar fashion — holding classes at certain times of the year, accepting a pre-determined number of startup teams, and staging “demo days.” Paul Bricault, a founder the two-and-a-half-year-old accelerator Amplify.LA in Venice, Ca., […]